Alexander Mozhaev

Alexander Mozhaev (21 February 1977-) was a Russian Spetsnaz operative who fought in both the 2008 Russo-Georgian War and the 2014 Donbass War.

Biography
Alexander Mozhaev was born in Russia to a family of Kuban cossacks, and he served in the Spetsnaz special forces. In 2008, he was pictured fighting in the Russo-Georgian War, and he was again pictured in the Ukraine while fighting for the separatists. On 21 April 2014, he was interviewed by Vice News journalist Simon Ostrovsky about the "coincidence", and Mozhaev claimed that he did not fight in the Republic of Georgia, and that he was not the bearded man in the picture in Georgia. Later that day, Ostrovsky would be kidnapped by pro-Russian separatists.